Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any moth of the noctuid or deltoid family Hypenidæ: so named from the long, compressed, obliquely ascending palpi. See cut under
Hypena . - noun A pyralid moth, as of the family Crambidæ: so called because the palpi are large, erect, and hairy, together forming a process like a snout in front of the head. See cut under
Crambidæ .
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In 1984, the population density of snout-moth larva and leafhopper were investigated.
Chapter 5 1995
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